--- From: Vance Kochenderfer <vkochendat_private> Subject: Germany allows irony on the web To: declanat_private Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 15:43:22 -0700 (MST) Perhaps of interest to the Politech list. <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2639755.stm> Germany allows irony on the web A German court has cleared a man over the nature of comments about the 11 September attacks he posted on the internet. Holger Voss was accused of "glorification of a criminal act" after appearing to praise the hijackers in comments he has insisted were meant sarcastically. He had written a final sentence at the foot of his remarks - posted last summer on the Telepolis message board - which he said had indicated that the sentiments expressed were not to be taken seriously. [...] Mr Voss had faced three years in jail if he had been found guilty of the charges. Critics say the fact that the case was brought before the court in the first place bodes ill for freedom of speech on the web. [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ Recent CNET News.com articles: http://news.search.com/search?q=declan -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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